GIRLS BASKETBALL: Schedule/Results 2-22-13
The final Friday of the regular season brings with it several important games as teams continue to battle for league championships and better post-season seeding. The highlight is probably the big 3A clash between top ranked Centauri and 5th ranked Pagosa Springs as the two long-rivals try to decide the Intermountain league champion. Centauri won the first game by two points and a second win gives them the championship while the Pirates need a win of at least three points to secure the top seed at next week’s district tournament.
In Class 2A, the major attraction is Peyton’s trip to Evangelical Christian. The Panthers are ranked 4th in the state with ECA number ten. Peyton is the Black Forest champion and top district seed with a win. Should ECA avenge a 22 point non-conference loss, then they will end up second and Vanguard grabs the league championship while Peyton slides all the way to fourth.
Eads and McClave battle for second place in the High Plains conference and more importantly the number two seed in next week’s district tournament. The second seed earns a first round bye while the third place team must play a quarterfinal match. Both teams trail league champion Kit Carson by one game as the Wildcats have already earned the top seed and a bye into the semifinals.
Up in Class 4A, the Western Slope district tournament enters its second round. Teams in the semifinals tonight have already clinched a berth in the state tournament and they will be joined there by consolation semifinal winners from today. Montrose and Delta are expected to battle for the district title tomorrow afternoon. In the South Central, Pueblo West can take the number one seed from the conference by beating Canon City. The first game was decided by just one point. Canon City is likely in a must win situation to make the playoffs since Mullen’s win over Cherokee Trail on Wednesday could take a berth from the conference. A loss likely drops Canon City to fifth with the top four qualifying
Grandview’s loss to Arapahoe on Wednesday created a very tight Centennial chase entering the final day of the schedule. It was the Wolves first conference loss and left them just one game ahead of Arapahoe and Cherry Creek. The Bruins challenge Grandview tonight and a win there sets up the strong possibility of a three way. That’s the result if Arapahoe also wins at Cherokee Trail as expected. If Grandview gets a second win over Cherry Creek then the Wolves grab the outright championship and Arapahoe slides into second by beating the Cougars.
Denver East (City) and Grand Junction (SWL) have a one game edge in their respective races but they both need wins over second place teams tonight to officially clinch the championship. Denver East heads to Denver South while Grand Junction faces Fruita Monument. In both cases, a loss by the first place team could result in a three way tie. East leads South and George Washington by one game in the City league while Grand Junction is one up on Fruita Monument and Montrose in the SWL.
Below is the entire schedule for tonight and we’ll recap the action during the Built Ford Tough Scoreboard Show tonight from 9-11pm on the Colorado Preps Radio Network. Final scores can be sent to Colorado Preps by text to 970.380.7737 or by email to kevin@coloradopreps.com.
CLASS 5A
Centennial
FINAL: #1 Grandview beat #6 Cherry Creek 47-39
FINAL: #7 Arapahoe beat Cherokee Trail 63-49
FINAL: Eaglecrest beat Overland 48-47
FINAL: Mullen beat Smoky Hill 64-21
City
FINAL: #8 Denver East beat Denver South 87-38
FINAL: Montbello beat Lincoln 58-38
FINAL: George Washington beat Thomas Jefferson 52-45
FINAL: Denver West beat Denver North 40-37
Southwestern
FINAL: Fruita Monument beat Grand Junction 48-39
CS Metro
FINAL: #4 Palmer beat Fountain Fort Carson 74-34
FINAL: Doherty beat Liberty 60-21
Jeffco
FINAL: #5 Ralston Valley beat Arvada West 72-33
FINAL: Standley Lake beat Pomona 52-46
FINAL: Chatfield beat Columbine 53-35
FINAL: Lakewood beat Dakota Ridge 43-28
Continental
Castle View at Douglas County
CLASS 4A
Western District Tournament – Semifinals
FINAL: Montrose beat Glenwood Springs 52-25
FINAL: Delta beat Rifle 32-26
FINAL: Palisade beat Eagle Valley 53-40 (Consolation)
FINAL: Durango beat Steamboat Springs 54-49 (OT) (Consolation)
Jeffco
FINAL: #4 D’Evelyn beat Arvada 63-23
FINAL: Golden beat Wheat Ridge 63-51
FINAL: Green Mountain beat Alameda 69-11
FINAL: Evergreen beat Conifer 42-35
South Central
FINAL: #1 Pueblo South beat Pueblo East 70-15
FINAL: #5 Pueblo West beat Canon City 53-40
FINAL: Pueblo County beat Pueblo Central 54-28
Northern
FINAL: #2 Broomfield beat Niwot 75-23
FINAL: Silver Creek beat Longmont 63-56
FINAL: Mountain View beat Thompson Valley 37-36
FINAL: Centaurus beat Greeley Central 57-35
Pikes Peak
FINAL: #8 Sand Creek beat Falcon 58-36
FINAL: #9 Palmer Ridge beat Cheyenne Mountain 63-33
Vista Ridge at Lewis Palmer
FINAL: Air Academy beat Discovery Canyon 37-19
Colorado 7
FINAL: Elizabeth beat Englewood 76-29
CS Metro
FINAL: #3 Mesa Ridge beat Mitchell 68-17
FINAL: Sierra beat Wasson 65-27
FINAL: Harrison beat Widefield 50-35
FINAL: Coronado beat Woodland Park 35-28
CLASS 3A
Patriot District Tournament – Pigtail Round
FINAL: Strasburg beat University 36-31
FINAL: Estes Park beat Fort Lupton 54-26
Intermountain
#1 Centauri at #5 Pagosa Springs (PPD to Saturday or Monday depending on weather/road conditions)
Western Slope
FINAL: #4 Moffat County beat Coal Ridge 61-47
FINAL: Roaring Fork beat Cedaredge 61-45
Olathe at Basalt
FINAL: Gunnison beat Aspen 39-17
Tri Peaks West
FINAL: Colorado Springs Christian beat Salida 42-20
Non-League
FINAL: Classical Academy beat Jefferson Academy 44-38
CLASS 2A
FINAL: #2 Lutheran beat Byers 73-22
FINAL: #10 Evangelical Christian beat #4 Peyton 61-51
FINAL: #5 Vanguard beat Colorado Springs 53-22
FINAL: #9 Sangre De Cristo beat Sanford 57-32
Monte Vista at Del Norte
FINAL: Center beat Cripple Creek 57-34
FINAL: Sargent beat Custer County 45-38
FINAL: Holyoke beat Sedgwick County 60-58
FINAL: Dove Creek beat Telluride 39-37
FINAL: Meeker beat Rangely 51-40
FINAL: Soroco beat Hayden 55-32
Denver Academy at Nederland
FINAL: Limon beat Rocky Ford 47-20
Wiggins at Union Colony
FINAL: Liberty Commons beat Longmont Christian 41-29
Kiowa at Calhan
FINAL: Hanover beat Pikes Peak Christian 42-41
CLASS 1A
FINAL: #2 Kim beat Walsh 52-44
FINAL: #3 Caliche beat Haxtun 53-32
FINAL: #7 Kit Carson beat Cheyenne Wells 44-18
FINAL: #8 Eads beat McClave 46-29
FINAL: Wray beat #10 Idalia 36-33
Cheraw at Granada
FINAL: North Park beat West Grand 51-30
FINAL: Nucla beat Ouray 65-43
FINAL: Fleming beat Peetz 44-38
FINAL: Briggsdale beat Prairie 60-58
FINAL: Otis beat Woodlin 52-41
FINAL: Arickaree beat Weldon Valley 38-32
FINAL: Centennial beat Creede 62-23
FINAL: Cotopaxi beat Crested Butte 40-31
Primero at Mountain Valley
FINAL: Deer Trail beat Stratton 57-50
Edison at Elbert
FINAL: Flagler beat Genoa Hugo 52-35
Comments
Let's say Pueblo South beats East, West beats Canon City and County beats Central. Pueblo East (13-9 overall), County (13-9 overall) and Canon City (15-7 overall) will all be tied for 3rd after tonight's games. Only 2 of them will get in after Mullen's likely to steal a spot. East beat Canon City twice, County beat East twice, and Canon City beat County twice. How does this 3 way tiebreaker work? Tough break for one of those teams. Believe Canon City was ranked at some point this season and they could possibly miss the tournament. But wait, here are few teams that have clinched or tied for a spot to get in.
Denver West currently 1-6 in the DPL (9-13 overall)
Kennedy currently 2-6 in the DPL (6-17 overall)
Vista Peak currently 2-19 in the Colorado 7 (3-19 overall)
Coronado 5-8 in the CS Metro (7-15 overall)
Lewis Palmer 4-9 in the Pikes Peak (9-13 overall) - tied with Falcon for final spot in PP
Falcon 5-8 in the Pikes Peak (8-14 overall) - tied with Lewis-Palmer for final spot in PP
What a joke CHSAA has made of the 4A playoffs. Canon City beat Elizabeth (Colorado 7 League Champ) by 20 at Elizabeth. East beat Denver South (#1 4A team from DPL) by 15. Sorry, rant over for now.
it should be a fun game at ECA tonight.....that small gym creates a unique environment thats fun to play in, watching it may be a challenge if you don't get there before half time of the JV boys game.
GO PANTHERS!
I belive you have the 4a western consolation game wrong. Delta won last night, so I believe it's Eagle Valley in the consolatoin game (I'm just trying to remember from the 2/21 results article so I could be mistaken).
This is interesting:
gbbfan indicates:
Pueblo East (13-9 overall), County (13-9 overall) and Canon City (15-7 overall) will all be tied for 3rd.
and
East beat Canon City twice, County beat East twice, and Canon City beat County twice
So far they still look tied, but Kevin indicates Canon City is the odd team out. That's really a shame for them. Maybe CHSAA needs a few at-large bids.
But I'm wondering what the tie breaker order is. I would have thought league record (tied), head to head, and then overall. Canon City has the best overall record, so how did that happen, did Canon City lose both games to County?
Just curious what the determining factor is in this specific tie-breaker (assuming of course West wins tonight)..
A top 4A team excluded from field of 48? Two other good teams (Mullen & Valor) faced a near miss? Bottom dweller teams being put in the field? A selection system based on league quotas rather than merit? CHSAA should apologize to the SC team that doesn't make it and use an intelligent selection process next year.
To summarize something I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I wish 4A would qualify 50% of teams from each league (about 33 teams), then select the final 15 or so teams at-large based on entire season performance.
Everyone should be happy. The weakest leagues would still get their top teams in, and good teams in the bottom half of deep leagues would still have a fair chance at the postseason.
CHSAA playoff committees in all sports need to realize that all leagues are not equal, and all playoff berths should never be preallocated by league before a single game is played. They must always hold a few berths in reserve to compensate for the inevitable differences in league quality.
How did ECA do?.....guessing by the fact that voice hasnt reported, they won
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